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Workers’ Compensation

The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO keeps track of worker-related legislation in Harrisburg. In the fight for workers’ rights, we know that our elected public officials have the power to make and break the rules that rig the system against working people, in favor of corporations and the 1%. Read More

Call Governor Wolf’s Office, 717-787-2500, and tell him to VETO HB 1840!
In one of the final acts of the year, the state legislature took aim at workers’ compensation and those severely injured on the job. The State Senate passed House Bill 1840, known as the Protz “fix”, by a vote of 34-15. Read More

Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Applauds Protection of Injured Workers
(HARRISBURG) – Today Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf vetoed Senate Bill 936, which would institute a drug formulary for workers’ compensation. The officers of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Rick Bloomingdale and Secretary-Treasurer Frank Snyder issued the following joint statement:
“Governor Tom Wolf has taken a strong stand today in the defense of Pennsylvania’s injured workers and pushed back against the deceptive rhetoric of corporate special interests in his veto of Senate Bill 936. Read More